Thursday, January 12, 2017

Resolution #17-01 – Handling of Inauguration Day

Montgomery County Planning Department Services Awards Ceremony

According to MD ANN Code, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(7) and (8), to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice about pending or potential litigation.

C. Rubin

According to MD ANN Code, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(3), to consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related to the acquisition. The topic to be discussed: Wheaton Headquarters

C. Rubin

Consent Agenda

*A. Adoption of Resolutions 

1. Bradford’s Landing Preliminary Plan 120170060 – MCPB No. 16-138

2. CVS Derwood Site Plan 820160150 – MCPB No. 16-139

3. Sandy Spring Friends House Forest Conservation Plan CBA-1855 – MCPB No. 16-131

*B. Record Plats 

Subdivision Plat No. 220160950, Somerset Heights

R-60 zone, 1 lot; located on the south side of Cumberland Avenue 470 feet west of Surrey Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Subdivision Plat No. 220170310, Williamsburg Village – Section One
R-200 zone, 2 lots; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Queen Mary Drive and Princess Anne Drive; Olney Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

*C. Other Consent Items

*D. Approval of Minutes  

Roundtable Discussion

Parks Director’s Report

The Bullis School (a.k.a. Blenheim) Parcel A, Block E, Limited Preliminary Plan Amendment No. 12008003B (In response to a Forest Conservation violation)

Request to release 11,875 square feet of existing Category I Conservation Easement and mitigate offsite. Proposed offsite mitigation consists of the acquisition of either 23,750 square feet of forest planting or 47,500 square feet of existing forest retention from an M-NCPPC-approved forest conservation bank.
Located in northeast quadrant of the intersection of Falls Road (MD 189) and Democracy Boulevard; Potomac Subregion Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation:  Approval with Conditions and Adoption of Resolution

S. Peck

Recreation Guidelines Planning Board Work Session

Planning Board Work Session to review Public Hearing comments and discussion issues from the November 17, 2016 public hearing.
Staff Recommendation: Review and Discussion

M. O’Quinn/C. McGovern/F. Boyd

Eco Estates including Preliminary/Final Water Quality Plan, Preliminary Plan, 120080430

Request to create eight (8) lots from two (2) unplatted parcels; located 0.25 miles west of the Good Hope Road and Briggs Chaney Road intersection: 12.5 acres; RE-1 zone; Upper Paint Branch Overlay Zone; Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area; 1997 Cloverly Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions and Adoption of Resolution

R. Sigworth

CLOSED SESSION

According to MD ANN Code, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(7) and (8), to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice about pending or potential litigation.

C. Rubin

CLOSED SESSION

According to MD ANN Code, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(3), to consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related to the acquisition. The topic to be discussed: Wheaton Headquarters

C. Rubin

Burtonsville Starbucks Drive-Thru: CU-17-06

Request to approve a Conditional Use for a drive-thru restaurant at a new Starbucks restaurant, located at the Burtonsville Town Square, 15600 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866, within the Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions (Planning Board recommendation)

P. Estes

Zoning Text Amendment No. 16-15

Separate the standards for senior and disabled independent living facilities; and revised the standards for senior and disabled independent living facilities.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/17/17)

G. Russ

Zoning Text Amendment No. 16-16

Amend provisions governing OZAH’s decisions in conditional use cases; amend provisions governing requests for oral argument before the Board of Appeals in conditional use cases; permit applicants for conditional uses approved by the Hearing Examiner to implement a conditional use when a request for oral argument before the Board of Appeals is pending; authorize the Board of Appeals to stay the Hearing Examiner’s decision upon motion of any party; and authorize the Board of Appeals to place conditions on the approval or denial of requests for a stay.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/17/17)

G. Russ

Zoning Text Amendment No. 16-17

Revise the allowable height encroachments for townhouses.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/17/17)

G. Russ

Zoning Text Amendment No. 16-18

Amend the development standards for the Sandy Spring/Ashton Rural Village Overlay zone.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/17/17)

G. Russ

Zoning Text Amendment No. 16-19

Exclude from the calculation of gross floor area floor space exclusively used for mechanical equipment for any Medical/Scientific Manufacturing and Production use.

Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/17/17)

G. Russ

Zoning Text Amendment No. 16-21

Exempt County-owned historic buildings from use and development standards.

Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/17/17)

G. Russ

Vien An Buddhist Temple Preliminary Plan No. 120160310

Request to create one lot for the construction of a 13,000-square-foot place of worship; RE-1 Zone; 1.31 acres; located on the east side of New Hampshire Avenue, 500 feet north of Orchard Way, within the 1997 White Oak Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions and Adoption of Resolution

P. Butler

White Flint 2 Sector Plan – Public Hearing

Staff Recommendation: Planning Board will receive public testimony on the Public Hearing Draft of the White Flint 2 Sector Plan

N. Yearwood